I am not talking about intentions, since they are unknowable, at least by me. I'd be more willing to believe in those good intentions though if anyone were able to give a coherent account of what they were.
My question however is whether anything in the broader picture would look any different if Iraq HAD been invaded over oil. On 8/9/07, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oh i dunno......depends on if you place any weight on intentions, I guess. I > hear a lot of pro-Bush people say "Well, our intentions were good, even if > our execution hasn't been". > > While that might be true, I don't think it makes all that much difference to > me. What's the saying...."the path to hell is paved with good intentions." > > Conversely, I don't see much value in deluding one's self by trying to > conjure up darker motivations, like oil or getting even for daddy or > Halliburton or other such nonsense. > > I suppose, if nothing else, you could simply point out the very real fact > that the primary reason stated for going to war turned out to be completely > bogus. Pretty much trumps all that other junk if you ask me.....we screwed > up, plain and simple. > > On 8/9/07, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > actually that wasn't what I was thinking, but now that you mention it, > > would anything be any different if it were? > > > > -- > Her CD changer is full of singers who are mad at their cat. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion is delivering applications solutions at at top companies around the world in government. Find out how and where now http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/showcase/index.cfm?event=finder&productID=1522&loc=en_us Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:239820 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
